A curse or a fate? Chapter 18: Battle Of The Bands, a kingdom hearts fanfic

A/N: Hey ya'll. Here's another chapter. Oh and thank you so much for reviewing! You guys rule! This is the chapter with a lot of song lyrics. It's the Battle Of The Bands baby! Oh and you'll find out what Demyx said to Michelle in here so read on. I would like to thank Regenade Of Illumination, XxMrs RadcliffexX, Master Of Kingdom Hearts, Babyangelwintergirl, Kingdomfantasyanime453, KHKairiNamineFanatic, Ellie0223, kairi-i-love-sora, darkwing13 and InTheDarkWithRiku. You guys rule. Okay, now on with thedisclaimer. Oh yeah, Sora, did you enjoy the video game Chleo gave you?

Sora: Yeah, but ya know, its really weird. The characters look oddly like the gang. The hero which is the keyblade master looks just like me!

Ellie0223: Of course he does you silly boy. You are the hero in the game!

Sora: I am? That's not true. I live my life in reality. I'm not the keyblade master.

Master Of Kingdom Hearts: Yes you are. You're life is being controled as we speak. The person that plays the game can control you however he or she wants.

Sora: That is so not true! Plus, the hero likes one of his best friends and she looks like Kairi. You have got to be kidding me if my life was like this.

Kairi: Sora baby. What are you talking about? We've been dating ever since you came home with Riku remember?

Sora: WHAT! You..and m-me are a-….but I-…..how coul-…..I am so confused,"

Me: Don't be. I control you. You don't have to think anything.

Sora: -scoffs- Yeah right. I control myself and that's how it is.

Me: -Smirks evilly- I can make you kiss Roxas if I wanted to.

Sora: Go on, I dare you!

Me: -sighs- You asked for it. –Controls Sora towards Roxas-

Sora: Aaaah! No! Please! I beg you!

Babyangelwintegirl: Now do you believe we can control you?

Sora: Yes, please. Don't do this.

Regenade Of Illumination: Maybe you should make him hit himself with that giant key of his.

XxMrs RadcliffexX: I agree. Or make him do the disclaimer first would be nice.

Me: Right. Do the disclaimer Sora, or I'll make you kiss Roxas again.

Sora: Noooo! Fine, angelofsweetness does not own any of the KH series. Just a few merchandise and plushie toys. Happy?

Kingdomfantasyanime453: Sorta. Now, summon you're keyblade and hit yourself. I command you!

KHKairiNamineFanatic: Yes, you'll look sillier if you do that. Oh, summon Oathkeeper! I like that one!

Kairi: Me too! -Hi fives KHKairiNamineFanatic-

Sora: Noooo! – summons oathkeeper and hits himself repeatedly on the head-

Me: While he is doing this. Enjoy the story!

Sora: Wait! I have a, ow, question, ouch.

darkwing13: What now? We want to read the story okay!

Sora: How come, ouch, Michelle, Phoebe and Chleo, ow, aren't in the game?

kairi-i-love-sora: Because they're OC's and they belong to angelofsweetness

Sora: Oh, I,ouch, that hurt, see.

InTheDarkWithRiku: Good, now on with the story!

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Chapter 18: Battle Of The Bands

Riku smiled weakly and held Michelle's hand. She was sleeping already. He frowned and let go of her hand. "I have to go and see someone now. I'll visit you guys tomorrow. Take care of her, okay?" and with that, he left. Leon stared at him but turned bck to Michelle. Riku went out of the room and walked away. Demyx, you and I have some talking to do……

Riku made his way to Demyx's room and knocked on his door. His roommate opened the door. "Oh, hey Riku," said Yuna.

"Hey, is Demyx here?" asked Riku politely.

"No, sorry. He said he would be at the student lounge,"

"Oh, okay. Thanks," and with that, he raced off, leaving a confused looking Yuna. She shrugged and slowly closed the door. Riku felt something wrong in his heart. It felt like it was telling him he wouldn't like what he would find out from Demyx. He just shook his head and focused on asking him about Michelle first. After saying hi to his friends along the way, he made it to the lounge. His eyes widened at what he saw. There was Demyx surronded by girls and he was flirting with all of them. Riku glared at him and walked towards the blonde.

"Yo Allster. Whats up?" asked Demyx coolly.

"What the fuck are you doing Demyx?"

"Nothing. Just chilling with my girls,"

"What you're doing is cheating on Mitch. This is wrong.You shouldn't be doing this. She's miserable now and all you are doing here is playing with these girls,"

Demyx eyed him suspiciously and stood up. He walked to Riku and looked into his aqua colored eyes. "How do you know Mitch is feeling sad now? You went to see her?"

"I-I….yeah. I went to see her. Got a problem with that!" sputtered out Riku. Demyx scoffed and punched Riku in his face. The girls gasped and Riku fell on the floor. His nose was bleeding and Demys picked him up by Riku's shirt and slammed him into the wall. "Don't you get near Michelle or else, she's the last person you'll see. Get the picture?" Riku could barely open his eyes and Demyx punched him again in his stomach. Riku coughed and fell on he floor.

Demyx smirked and walked off with the girls following him like dogs. Riku barely stood up and glared at Demyx. "Riku! What happened?" asked Tidus who saw the fight. "Nothing," replied Riku and wiped the blood away. Tidus frowned and gave Riku a tissue. He gladly took it and tried to heal his broken nose. "Come on. I'll walk you back to you're dorm," said Tidus.

"No, thanks, Tidus. I need to be alone for awhile," said Riku and walked away slowly.

"Man he's weird. I hope he'll be fine," said Tidus to himself and he watched as Riku left the lounge.

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Michelle slowly opened her emerald eyes and shot up. She looked at her surrondings and saw that she was at her room. Her head was aching a bit and her body felt like it was drained. She turned her attention to the window and gazed at the moon and the stars. She got up from her bed and went to her room's balcony. The wind was quite breezy and the sky looked darker than usual. Obviously it was going to rain. She sighed and rested her head on the railing as she remembered back what Demyx had told her earlier.

Flashback

"Hey Demyx. Whats up?" asked Michelle as she kissed him and sat down on the chair opposite him at Starbucks. Demyx looked at her with a stern look and clenched his fist. "Something wrong honey?" asked Michelle afte noticing his weird behaviour. He stood up and grabbed Michelle's wrist. "Follow me," he said sternly and she was dragged by him out of the café. "Demyx, you're hurting me!" said Michelle. He was practically twisting her wrist.

They finally reached his car and he pinned Michelle to the car door. "D-Demyx…. Wha- whats wrong?" asked Michelle, feeling slightly nervous. "I heard that Riku just broke up with Phoebe today," said Demyx.

"Re-Really? How do you know?"

"That's not important. Now that Riku doesn't have a girlfriend, he might want to try and get you back and I am not planning on letting you go just yet,"

"Wha-What are you talking about Dem? You know I love you,"

"Somehow you don't convince me. I don't want you getting near Allster. I just have a feeling about him. Its telling me he's danger,"

Michelle giggled a bit. "Why would you think that? You know I won't leave you,"

"This is serious Mitch. I don't want you talking or being with him, understood?"

"You can't control my life!" snapped Michelle and trying to break free. "I can talk to him all I want! You are not the boss of me!" Demyx smirked and chuckled rather frightingly. Michelle was a bit scared.This boy was acting really insanely. "If I catch you talking to him, I swear you'll regret it dearly,"

"Oh yeah. What will you do if I do hang out with him,"

"Lets just say another Sanchez will pay dearly for it. Someone very close to you and she's in our school,"

"No….Phoebe. Don't you do anything to her,"

"You know I would Michelle. You know what I am capable of. I have already warned you. Don't you even think about saying a word to Allster or Phoebe will suffer. I gurantee it," Michelle glared at him and tried to break free. Demyx laughed and placed a forceful kiss on her. He then trailed his kisses down to her neck and started licking and biting it. "You taste good when you're feisty like this,"

"Get off me!" yelled Michelle and pushed him off her. She slouched down and started sobbing. Demyx laughed and got into his car, leaving Michelle there. Michelle slowly cried and thought about what he had just heard. She couldn't believe it. Riku and Phoebe broke up. Hopefully she didn't cause it. She needed to talk to Phoebe and warn her. Just then, her cell phone rang.

"Hello?"

"I forgot to mention. If you tell anyone about this, especially Riku or Phoebe, Phoebe will suffer even more and it'll be all you're fault," said Demyx and laughed before hanging up. Michelle dropped her phone. She felt so weak.Her boyfriend had gone insane and she couldn't get away from him. Phoebe is in danger and Michelle couldn't do anything to stop him. She cried even more and hit her fists on the ground. She didn't know what to do. After awhile, she stood up, wiped away her tears and made her way back to her dorm.

End Flashback

Hot tears fell from her eyes as she gazed out into the peaceful night. What is she supposed to do? She is in Demyx's hands and there was no escape. She had to tell someone but she didn't want to hurt Phoebe. Plus, she just broke up and she's probably in misery now. Michelle wiped away her tears and sighed. I never thought high school would be like this...

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Kairi was walking towards the spot and she was excited. That day was the day of the Battle Of The Bands. She couldn't wait to perform and in front of all those people. She heard the whole school would be at the auditorium, waiting for them and watching the show. The thought of it all made shivers run down her spine. She smiled and fastened her pace to the spot.

When she reached there, most of the gang were there. "Hey Kai," said Namine who was sitting beside Roxas who had his arm around her shoulders. "Hey Namie. Where's Mitch and Phoebs? I need to discuss with Cliché about today's event,"

"Not sure. Phoebe's probably still sleeping and Michelle was up early and left before I woke up," said Leon.

"Strange, not like Phoebe to sleep in and Michelle is always up early so that's no big deal,"

"Well, if you just broke up, you'd feel tired and depressed too right?" said Sora.

"What! Phoebe and Riku broke up?" asked Kairi.

"You didn't know?"

"No! Wonder why they broke up?"

"Riku or Phoebe'll tell us. We're just going to have to wait till then," said Olette. The others agreed and then, Michelle walked in. "Hey Mitch. Are you okay? You look tired," asked Selphie. Michelle smiled weakly and nodded. Leon looked at her worriedly and watched as she took her place beside Hayner. After she came in, Riku walked in with a sad expression, a swollen eye and a cut lip.

"Riku! What happened to you're eye and lip?" asked Cloud.

"This wouldn't have to do with yesterday's fight would it?" asked Tidus.

"Fight?" asked Chleo.

"Yeah, he had a fight with Demyx about something," replied Tidus. Michelle's eyes widened and she looked woriedly at him. He then looked at her and smiled. "I'm fine," he said. "Just a scratch. I didn't want to start a commotion so I didn't fight back,"

"Really? Or was it that you were weak to fight?" sked Chleo with a smirk.

"I could have taken him on but I didn't want Michelle to see her boyfriend get bruises and cuts,"

"Uhuh. Right…. I believe you," said Chleo. Riku rolled his eyes and winced at his wound. Michelle felt like going there and aiding them but stopped herself as she remembered Phoebe. "Oh yeah Riku. Why didn't you tell us you broke up with Phoebe?" asked Kairi.

"It happened yesterday. I guess we couldn't go on. I fell in love with someone else and Phoebe broke up with me so I could go to her but the girl I fell in love with didn't accept me,"

"Who's the girl?" asked Roxas blurly. Namine nudged him and pointed her head to Michelle who lowered her head. Roxas curled his mouth into an 'o' and nodded. Namine rolled her eyes. Sometimes her boyfriend can be so blur but that just made him cuter. Just then, Zexion and Phoebe came in together and Phoebe looked really sad but she tried covering it up. "Morning guys," said Zexion and sat down along with Phoebe following him. The girls went up to Phoebe comforting her and the guys talked with Riku.

"Okay, enough sadness. Today is the Battle Of The Bands. We shouldn't be sad. Cheer up guys!" said Sora. Everyone nodded in agreement and the sadness dissapeared. "Well, we'll see ya'll later. Cliché, lets go to my dorm and have some practice before the event starts," said Kairi and they stood up to leave. "Oh yeah, sure. Do what you want and not ask my permssion first," said Sora sarcastically.

"I don't believe I need you're permission to do what I want, peabrain,"

"Its my dorm too, wartswitch,"

"Whatever frogface. We're practicing in my dorm and that's final. Lets go gals," and with that, the Cliché members left. Sora sighed and leaned back his head. "I hate her so much!"

"Right bro. Whatever you say," said Roxas. He always found his brother's fight with Kairi very amusing. It made them look more perfect for each other. He didn know why but that's how it looked like. "Anyway, come on. Lets go practice, X-niversus. We need to win so practice makes perfect," said Sora and they left and so did Crossroads.

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"Oh my god. There are so many people out there. I'm so excited!" said Selphie as she peeked through the curtains. Cliché was up first and they were backstage getting ready. "Okay Selph. Save you're excitement for the drums. We need you're energy," said Olette. Selphie smiled and went to her drumset and got ready. The girls were nervous but they were used to it already. They did perform in a concert and it had more people than this.

"Good luck to ya'll, ok?" said Chleo as she and her band came to them and gave them their best wishes. "Thanks. We'll need it. Good luck to you too, okay?" said Kairi. The band smiled and X-niversus joined them. "Good luck gals. You'll do great," said Tidus.

"Even if you stand no chance against us," said Sora.

"Oh yeah. We'll see about that Fishbreath,"

Sora glared at her and she glared back. The others groaned and then they heard the announcer speaking. "Hello, Twilight Town Academy!" she said. The crowd cheered and clapped like hell. It was really exciting and everyone couldn't wait for the show to start. "Welcome to our annual Battle Of The Bands contest. My name's Rikku and I'll be you're host for today along with Yuna and Paine. Later on, we will see 5 bands playing and singing their hearts out for our great prizes and which of them will go to the finals? We'll just have to wait and see,"

The crowd cheered some more and it got a whole lot louder. "Okay, without further ado. Are you ready to rock? Cool, because here's our first band for today, Cliché!" said Rikku and they all clapped. "Oh, we'll see you later. Good luck," said Aeris and they left the stage. Cliché got ready as the curtains were pulled back. Finally, they had a full view of the crowd. There wre many people and they began cheering for them. Kairi smiled and went to the microphone in front.

"Hey everybody, whats up? We're Cliché and we will show you our style of rocking the world. Our first song is called 'What I like about you' composed by our composer, Phoebe Sanchez. Lets get rocking okay! Hope you like it," Kairi looked at Michelle and she nodded. Michelle then began playing.

hey..hey , uhuh, hey, uhuh,

What I like about you,
You hold me tight,
Tell me I'm the only one, wanna come over tonight, yeah,

Keep on whispering in my ear aaaah tell me all the things that I wanna hearaaaah
Cuz its true, what I like,
That's what I like about you what I like

Keep on whispering in my ear, aaaah, tell me all the things that I wanna hear, aaaah,

Cuz its true, what I like, that's what I like about you, what I like

What I like about you,
You really know how to dance,
When you go,
Up down jump around,
Talk about true romance, yeah,

Keep on whispering in my ear, aaaah, tell me all the things that i wanna hear, aaaah,
Cuz its true, what I like, that's what i like about you, what I like, that's what I like about you, what I like about you,
That's what I like about you, what I like about you,

(Namine does her keyboard solo. Everyone starts cheering and Namine slightly blushed)

Uhuh, hey, hey, hey, hey,

(Olette does a base solo for awhile)

What I like about you,
You keep me warm at night,
Never wanna let you go,
You know you make me feel alright, yeah,

Keep on whispering in my ear, aaaah, tell me all the things that I wanna hear, aaaah,
Cuz its true, what I like, that's what I like about you, what I like,

That's what I like about you, what I like about you,
That's what I like about you, what I like about you,
you you you,

That's what I like about you, that's what I like,

That's what I like about you, that's what I like about you,

That's what I like about….

Hey, uhuh, hey, hey, hey, hey, uhuh, hey, that's what I like about you, hey!

They ended the song and everyone was clapping and cheering like mad. "Namine! You rock!" yelled a random guy! "Cliché rules!" yelled a girl.

"God, Kairi and Michelle rule on guitars!"

"Selphie is the bomb on them drums,"

"Olette is the man at the base!"

Cliché smiled and waved at the crowd and the curtains were dropped. After that, they squealed and hugged Phoebe who were there to congratulate them "Oh my god, you guys played my song so well," said Phoebe. "Hey, if it was composed by you, it would rock anyway," said Michelle, They smiled and went away while the X-niversus came. "Good luck," whispered Michelle to Riku. He smiled and winked at her.

"Wow, that was awesome," said Rikku who was back on stage. "Okay, lets welcome our next band, the X-niversus! Give them some claps ya'll," The crowd cheered and most of them squealed. Well, the girls did that is. When the curtains were pulled back up, they cheered even louder. Espcially the bitch crew. "Hey, we're the X-niversus. We're going to play a song called 'I Miss you' which was composed by our guitarist Roxas. Okay, lets rock shall we? Hope you love it," said Sora and Riku started playing.

I miss you, I miss you,
Hello there, the angel from my nightmare,
The shadow in the background of the morgue,
The unsuspecting victim of darkness in the valley,
We can live like Jack and Sally if we want,
Where you can always find me,
We'll have Halloween on Christmas,
And in the night we'll wish this never ends,
We'll wish this never ends,

I miss you, miss you,

I miss you, miss you,

Where are you and I'm so sorry,
I cannot sleep I cannot dream tonight,
I need somebody and always,
This sick strange darkness,
Comes creeping on so haunting every time,
And as I stared I counted,
Webs from all the spiders,
Catching things and eating their insides,
Like indecision to call you,
And hear your voice of treason,
Will you come home and stop this pain tonight,
Stop this pain tonight,

Don't waste your time on me you're already,
The voice inside my head, I miss you, miss you,
Don't waste your time on me you're already,
The voice inside my head, I miss you, miss you,

(Instrumental only)

Don't waste your time on me you're already,
The voice inside my head, I miss you, miss you,
Don't waste your time on me you're already,
The voice inside my head, I miss you, miss you,

I miss you, miss you, I miss you, miss you, I miss you, miss you, I miss you, miss you…..

(Hayner started slowly playing on the piano and they stopped playing)

Everyone clapped and cheered just as they did for Cliché. "Wow, Sora. I didn't think you'd get any hotter but you did!" yelled Arial.

"Not as hot as my Roxie," said Fllay. (A/N: It's the Fllay from Gundam. I don't really know her that much but she is supposed to be an Allster so she is technically Chleo and Riku's cousin)

"You're both wrong. Hayner was way better," said Alice.

"Nu-uh," said Aurora. "Riku was the hottest,"

Snow White scoffed. "Puh-lease, all of you know that Tidus was drop dead hot there," The bitches then started fighting and the X-niversus went off stage. The rest of the gang congratulated them. "Why was the song so…. angst?" asked Kairi. "I composed it during Halloween. I was bored and it came into my mind," said Roxas.

"My boyfriend's a genius," said Namine and kissed him.

"I should compose more angst songs if I keep getting kisses from you. Shows how smart I am,"

"Oh haha. Very funny,"

"Okay Crossroads. Lets get ready," said Chleo. They exchanged good luck wishes and the band got ready. "Okay, that performance was sad yet entertaining, right Yuna?" asked Rikku. "It sure was. Lets introduce our next band, Crossroads!" said the brunette haired girl and the curtains were raised. The crowd cheered for them and Chleo went up to the mic. "Hey, we're crossroads and we will be singing a song called 'Bring Me To Life' composed by our composer and pianist, Aeris so without delay, let the show begin!" Aeris slowly began playing.

(Leon is in bold italic and Aeris and Yuffie will be in italic)

How can you see into my eyes like open doors,
Leading you down into my core,
Where I've become so numb,

Without a soul, ooohhhh, my spirit sleeping somewhere cold,
Until you find it there and lead it back home,

Wake me up,
Wake me up inside,
I can't wake up,
Wake me up inside,
Save me,
Call my name and save me from the dark,
Wake me up,
Bid my blood to run,
I can't wake up,
Before I come undone,
Save me,
Save me from the nothing I've become,

Now that I know what I'm without,
You can't just leave me, ooooohhhh,
Breathe into me and make me real,
Bring (bring) me (me) to life,

Wake me up,
Wake me up inside,
I can't wake up,
Wake me up inside,
Save me,
Call my name and save me from the dark,

Wake me up,
Bid my blood to run,
I can't wake up,
Before I come undone,

Save me,
Save me from the nothing I've become,

Bring me to life,
I've been living a lie, there's nothing inside,
Bring me to life,

Frozen (frozen) inside without your touch, without your love darling, Only (only) you are the life among the deeaaaaaddd……

All of this time I can't believe I couldn't see,
Kept in the dark but you were there in front of me,
I've been sleeping a thousand years it seems,
Got to open my eyes to everything,
Without a thought without a voice without a soul,
Don't let me die here,
There must be something more,
Bring me to life,

Wake me up,
Wake me up inside,
I can't wake up,
Wake me up inside,
Save me,
Call my name and save me from the dark,
Wake me up,
Bid my blood to run,
I can't wake up,
Before I come undone,
Save me,
Save me from the nothing I've become,

Bring me to life,
I've been living a lie, there's nothing inside,
Bring me to llllllliiiiiiiffffffeeeeee…

Everyone stood up and cheered. It was a magneficent performance. "You rock Crossroads!" said a fella'.

"I love you Chleo!" said a random guy.

"Leon! Cloud! You guys are hot!" said a girl.

"Aeris! Yuffie! Marry me!" yelled another guy.They laughed and waved to the crowd. They went offstage and were hugged by the gang. "Wow, you guys rocked. Loved you're voice Leon," said Michelle. Leon smirked and the others laughed. Yuna and Rikku went back on stage with another girl "Okay Paine, that performance ws thrilling right?" asked Yuna.

"Whatever. Lets just introduce the next band,"

"Okay," said Rikku. "Next is Atomic Blush!" The crowd cheered and the band came out. They played a song called 'Pieces Of Me' and they got response from the crowd too. They were pretty good. The other two bands played and when the last one finished, Yuna went back on stage. "Okay, that was cool! Now, lets bring back the cool cliché girl band, Cliché!"

They came back onstage and the crowd went wild. The bastards were cheering for them and the rest were too. "Okay, hope you like our next song. Its called '4ever' Enjoy it okay?" Michelle then started playing.

Here we are so what you gonna do?
Do I gotta spell it out for you?
I can see that you got other plans for tonight,
But I don't really care,

Size me up you know I beat the best,
Tick tock no time to rest,
Let them see what their gonna see,
But tonight I just don't really care,

Come on baby we ain't gonna live 4ever,
Let me show you all the things that we could do,
You know you wanna be together,
And I wanna spend the night with you,
Yeah, yeah with you, yeah, yeah,
Come with me tonight,
We could make the night last 4ever, oh oh,

I've seen it all I've got nothing to prove,
Come on baby just make your move,
(Follow me) Follow me lets leave it all behind tonight,
Like we just don't care,

Let me take you on the ride of your life,
That's what I said alright,
They can see what they wanna see,
Cause tonight I just don't even care,

Come on baby we ain't gonna live 4ever,
Let me show you all the things that we could do,
You know you wanna be together,
And I wanna spend the night with you,
Yeah, yeah with you yeah, yeah,
Come with me tonight,
We could make the night last 4ever, oh oh,

Lets pretend you're mine,
We could just pretend, we could just pretend, yeah yeah
You got what I like,
You got what I like, I got what you like
Oh come on,
Just one taste and you'll want more,

So tell me what your waiting for,

(Instrumental only)

Come on baby we ain't gonna live 4ever,4eva,
Let me show you all the things that we could do
You know you wanna be together,
And I wanna spend the night with you,
Yeah, yeah, with you, yeah, yeah,
So come with me tonight,
We could make the night last 4ever,oh oh, yeah,

Forever….Come on baby we ain't gonna live 4ever,
Let me show you all the things that we could do,
You know you wanna be together, together,
And I wanna spend the night with you,
Yeah, yeah with you, yeah, yeah,
So come with me tonight,
We could make the night last 4ever, forever oh oh…

The crowd did their normal thing which is shout and cheer and clap and wolfhistle to the girls and their performance. "Woohoo, you girls rule!" said a person. "Cliché rocks!" said another. "I want to hear more," said another and so on. Cliché got off the instruments when the curtain was pulled down and the boys went to them next. "Lets get this over with. Put you're hands together for X-niversus!" said Paine and got off when the curtains were pulled.

"Okay ya'll. Here's a song called 'Perfect World' which was not composed by our composer. We were special guests in a Simple Plan contest along with our friends and they created this song especially for us so enjoy," said Sora and Roxas started playing.

I never could've seen this far,
I never could've seen this coming,
Seems like my world's falling apart,
Yeah,
Why is everything so hard, so hard,
I don't think I can deal with the things you said,
It just won't go away,

In a perfect world,
This could never happen,
In a perfect world,
You'd still be here,
And it makes no sense,
I could just pick up the pieces,
But to you,
This means nothing,
Nothing at all,

I used to think that I was strong,
Until the day it all went wrong,
I think I need a miracle to make it through,
Yeah,
I wish that I could bring you back, yo back
I wish that I could turn back time,
Cuz I can't let go,
I just can't find my way,
Yeah,
Without you I just can't find my way,

I don't know what I should do now,
I don't know where I should go,
I'm still here waiting for you,
I'm lost when you're not around,
I need to hold on to you,
I just can't let you goooooo,

Yeah,Yeah,

The crowd went wild and everyone was on their feet while cheering. It was a whole lot noisier. The band smiled and went offstage. Crossroads got prepared and Rikku and Yuna went onstage. "That certainly was a superb song. Hopefully we'll hear more like that. Okay, give it up again for Crossroads!" said Yuna and everyone cheered and applauded for them. The curtains drew back and Chleo while smiling, went to the mic.

"Yo people. Here's another song from us called 'Imaginary' You'll love this one I hope and it'll gurantee to keep you enjoyed so sit back and listen good," Aeris started the music and the rest joined in.

Swallowed up in the sound of my screaming,
Cannot cease for the fear of silent nights,
Oh how I long for the deep sleep dreaming,
The goddess of imaginary light,

In my field of paper flowers,
And candy clouds of lullaby, flowers,
I lie inside myself for hours,
And watch my purple sky fly over me, hours,

I linger in the doorway,
Of alarm clock screaming,
Monsters calling my name,
Let me stay,
Where the wind will whisper to me,
Where the raindrops,
As they're falling tell a story,

If you need to leave the world you live in,
Lay your head down and stay a while, flowers,
Though you may not remember dreaming,
Something waits for you to breathe again, hours,

Aaaaaahhhhhh, ooooohhhhhhh, aaaaaahhhhh, hooowooooohhh,

In my field of paper flowers,
And candy clouds of lullaby, flowers,
I lie inside myself for hours,
And watch my purple sky fly over me, hours,

Everyone stood up and some were crying for no reason, which was weird. They applauded and shouted for them to continue. "Crossroads rule!" said a person. "I love them. They're good!" said another and so on. They smiled and went offstage. The announcers went on the stage. "Okay, so far, which band do you like Rikku?" asked Yuna.

"Oh, that's hard. They're all very talented. Maybe Cliché because they sound good and they are all girls which shows girls can rock as boys can right?" The girls in the auditorium cheered in agreement. "Okay, Paine, what about you?" asked Yuna again. "I dunno. Crossroads maybe because they're songs so far are deep and good,"

"Well, I like X-niversus because the guys are cute and they rock too,"

Most of the girls cheered in response. It was very loud in there. "Okay, lets bring out our next band, Atomic Blush," said Rikku and the band played while the rest were backstage. Michelle went to get a drink on the refreshment table and grabbed a cup filled with coke. She started walking back to Cliché but suddenly, her head was aching and everything went blur. Michelle dropped the cup and kneeled down while holding her head. "Hey, are you okay?" asked a girl. Michelle smiled weakly and nodded.

She tried to conceal her pain by standing up and walking away but it was no use. Her head felt light and soon, she passed out. The girl gasped and went to her while trying to wake her up. "Someone call the nurse. Hurry!" she said and laid Michelle down on the couch nearby. "Whats going on?" asked Yuffie as she passed by. "The guitarist for Cliché fainted," replied the boy. Yuffie gasped and went to tell the gang.

She found them laughing and taking to one another. "Guys! Michelle fainted!" exclaimed Yuffie. "What?" asked everone in unison. "Where is she?" asked Leon. "Come on. Follow me," said Yuffie and they went to where Michelle was. They saw a nurse beside her and Michelle was shaking and sweating. The nurse checked her and sighed. "Does anyone know her?" asked the nurse.

"I do. I'm her cousin," said Phoebe. "Whats wrong with Michelle?"

"Does she have any sickness? Like a disease or something?"

"Y-Yeah, she has beaunoria. Is that what made her faint?"

"I think so. Her brain seems to be doing this. She needs to sleep for awhile. She can't play in this condition,"

"What? But who's going to replace her in such short notice?" asked Kairi.

"I'll do it," said Phoebe.

"But you don't know Mitch's guitar solo. She's the only one that knows the notes because she composed that part herself," said Namine.

"Can't we skip that part?" asked Phoebe. "I memorised the other notes,"

"Okay, but the solo was our climax but seeing our current condition. I guess we'll have to cancel the solo. The rest like normal," said Kairi. The rest nodded. Aeris then heard the last band finish playing and went offstage. "Guys, its you're turn," said Aeris. Cliché nodded and looked at Michelle. "This is for you Mitch. Hope you'll be alright," said Kairi and the members went onstage and got ready.

"Okay, lets give it up one last time for Cliché!" said Yuna and the curtains drew back and Kairi went to the mic. "This song is especially for Michelle. She had some problems so she can't play this song but her cousin and our composer, Phoebe, will replace her and I'm sure she rocks as much as Michelle does so Mitch, this is for you," Kairi then started playing.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
Get up, get out
We're number one there's no doubt,
I'm all wrong, you're right,
It's all the same with you,
I'm too thin, too fat,

You ask why,
So why, So why, So why, So why,

On and on,
And on and on, and on,
On and on,
And on and on,

Don't wanna grow up,
I wanna get out,
Hey, take me away,
I wanna shout out
Take me away,
Away, away, away, awaaayyy, heeeyyyy,

Round and round here we go again, ooohh,
Same old start, same old end, ooohh,
Turn my head, ooohh,

Turn back again,
Same old stuff never ends,

Do this, do that, ooohh,
Can't deal can't deal with that
I tune in, tune out, ooohh,
I've heard it all before
Hello, goodbye, ooohh
Never asking me why,
Goodbye, Goodbye, Goodbye,

On and on,
And on and on, and on
On and on,
And on and on,

Don't wanna grow up,
I wanna get out,
Hey, take me away,
I wanna shout out,
Take me away,
Away, away, away, awaaayyy, heeeyyy,

Then, Michelle suddenly comes on stage and starts doing her solo. The band was shocked but they remained playing and smiled. Michelle was smiling too and played like a true rockstar. Everyone cheered and clapped like hell when she did her thing. Riku was stunned at her ability. She totally rocked! She finished the solo and played like normal while singing.

Don't wanna grow up,
I wanna get out,
Hey, take me away,
I wanna shout out,
Take me away,
Away, away, away,

Don't wanna grow up,
I wanna get out,
Hey, take me away,
I wanna shout out,
Take me away,
Away, away, away, awaaayyy, heeeyyy,

Round and round here we go again, ooohh,
Same old start, same old end, ooohh,
Turn my head , ooohh,
Turn back again ,
Same old stuff never ends..

Everyone stood up and totally screamed, shouted, chanted, called out, yelled in surprise. Cliché was just as surprised as they were. The girls went to Michelle and pulled her into a group hug. "Mitch, what are you doing here?" asked Phoebe.

"What? Did you expect me to dissapoint my band and ruin our climax just for some stupid headache? I don't think so,"

"We were just worried about you but we're glad you did you're solo. I nearly stopped playing due to my shock," said Selphie. Michelle giggled and they stayed in that group hug. "Michelle! You rock!" said Axel. "That's my girl!" said Demyx. "Cliché is the best!"said Leslie and so on. The B.R.A.T.Z were actually rooting for them. Weird. But at least they had ther fans. Cliché bowed and waved one fnal time and got off the stage.

"Wow, what an unexpected performance. It went really well," said Yuna.

"Michelle totally rocked on her solo. She is such a talented guitarist," said Rikku.

"I have to admidt, Cliché is a very cool band but Crossroad's still my fav," said Paine.

"Okay, lets bring out X-niversus one more time! Give it up for them!" said Rikku and they went offstage. The boy band came onstage and got into position. "Hey, our final song for tonight is ' Dirty Little Secret' It'll totally rock you out. Now, lets rock!" said Sora and him and Roxas started playing.

Let me know that I've done wrong,
When I've known this all along,
I go around a time or two,
Just to waste my time with you,

Tell me all that you've thrown away,
Find out games you don't wanna play,
You are the only one that needs to know,

I'll keep you my dirty little secret, dirty little secret,
Don't tell anyone or you'll be just another regret,
Just another regret, hope that you can keep it,
My dirty little secret,

Who has to know,
When we live such fragile lives,
It's the best way we survive,
I go around a time or two,
Just to waste my time with you,

Tell me all that you've thrown away, aaah
Find out games you don't wanna play, ooohh
You are the only one that needs to know,

I'll keep you my dirty little secret, dirty little secret,
Don't tell anyone or you'll be just another regret,
Just another regret, hope that you can keep it,
My dirty little secret,

Who has to know,
The way she feels inside, inside,
Those thoughts I can't deny, deny,
These sleeping dogs won't lie, won't lie,
And all I've tried to hide,
It's eating me apart,
Trace this life out,

I'll keep you my dirty little secret, dirty little secret,
Don't tell anyone or you'll be just another regret, just another regret,

I'll keep you my dirty little secret, dirty little secret,
Don't tell anyone or you'll be just another regret,
Just another regret, hope that you can keep it,
My dirty little secret,
Dirty little secret,
Dirty little secret,
Who has to know,
Who has to know…

The crowd went wild and they started yelling like hell. Especially the girls. There were many chants coming from the crowd such as 'X-niversus rule!', 'Sora and Roxas are so hot', 'They are so cute!' and 'We love X-niversus!'. The boys grinned and waved to the crowd and Riku threw his drumsticks to the crowd which sent them crowding to get them. They went offstage and Rikku was there. "Okay, that was a very cool performance. Now, lets hear Crossroads for one more time! Give it up for Crossroads!"

The band then went to the instruments and got ready. Chleo went to the mic. "Okay everyone. Our last song won't be so goth like so hope you don't mind. Its called 'Breathless'. Lets start shall we?" Chleo then started to sing.

Go on, go on,
Leave me breathless,
Come on, come on, come on, come on,

Hey... yeah...

The daylight's fading slowly,
The time with you is standing still,
I'm waiting for you only,
The slightest touch and I feel weak,
I cannot lie, from you I cannot hide,
And I'm losing the will to try,
Can't hide it, can't hide it, can't fight it, can't fight it,

So go on, go on, come on, leave me breathless,
Tempt me, tease me, until I can't deny,
This loving feeling, loving feeling,
Make me long for your kiss,
Go on, go on, go on, go on,
Yeah...
Come on,
Yeah...

And if there's no tomorrow,
And all we have is here and now,
I'm happy just to have you,
You're all the love I need somehow,
It's like a dream,
Although I'm not asleep,
And I never want to wake up,
Don't lose it, don't lose it, don't leave it, don't leave it,

So go on, go on, come on, leave me breathless,
Tempt me, tease me, until I can't deny,
This loving feeling, loving feeling,
Make me long for your kiss,
Go on, go on, go on, go on,
Yeah...
Come on, come on, come on, come on

(Leon does his guitar solo while Chleo sings)

Yeah-ie, yeah, yeah-ie, yeah...

And I can't lie,
From you I cannot hide,
And I've lost my will to try,
Can't hide it, can't hide it, can't fight it, can't fight it,

So go on, go on, go on, go on, come on, leave me breathless,
Tempt me, tease me, until I can't deny,
This loving feeling, loving feeling, make me long for your kiss,

Go on, go on, go on, go on, come on, leave... me breathless,
Go on, go on, go on, go on, come on, leave... me breathless,
Go on, go on, go on, go on, come on, leave... me breathless,
Go on... go on!

The crowd went totally balistic and was cheering like hell. Chants and cheers were heard and yells for an encore were too. Crossroads bowed and waved before leaving the stage. "Wow, that certainly was a sweet song. Paine, are they still you're fav band?" asked Yuna.

"Yeah, that song was okay for a goth like band," said Paine. The two girls laughed while Paine just smiled. "Okay, lets call Atomic Blush for one more time. Give it up for them," said Rikku and they came up and played a song called 'Confessions Of A Broken Heart' and Killer Seven played a song called 'Move Along'. After they finished playing, the three of the announcers went on stage. "Okay, that concludes our event for today. Whats left are the judges decision so stick around,"

The gang met up backstage. "Wow, we so rocked. Each one of us, seriously rocked," said Yuffie. "I have to agree. We did give a great show," said Hayner. The rest nodded and Demyx came in. "Hey guys. Great show," he said and looked at Michelle. "Mitch, can I talk to you for awhile?"

"Umm….o-okay,"

Michelle then stood up and Demyx grabbed her arm and yanked her out. Michelle looked back at the gang and smiled weakly. Riku looked at her and frowned. Demyx pulled her out hardly. "What do you want now?" asked Michelle when they were away from everyone else. "I told you not to talk to him," said Demyx.

"What? I didn't talk to him,"

"Don't you lie. I have my sources everywhere. I know what you do. Why did you talk to him after I warned you?"

"I didn't. I-I just wished him good luck,"

Demyx clenched his teeth and twisted her wrist. Michelle winced in pain and he hit her stomach with his knee. Michelle coughed out some spit and fell to her knees. Demyx then knelt down beside Michelle and whispered to her ear. "You know I can do more worse than this. Don't make me ever catch you talking with Allster ever again!" and with that, he left Michelle there, on her knees, glaring at him as he left. She wiped her spit and sweared under her breath.

She walked slowly back in, clutching her stomach and went back to the gang. "Hey Mitch. What did Demyx want?" asked Namine. "Huh….-nothing," replied Michelle, still clutching her stomach. "All contestants, please go to the stage for the judges announcement," said the announcer. The gang smiled and went to the stage. "Okay, here are the results. There will be 3 bands that will proceed to the finals. To those who aren't chosen, try again next time. Now, the first band is……Cliché!" said Rikku.

The members jumped around and hugged each other. "Congrats," said Paine. "Next is Crossroads!" The members hi-fived each other. "And last but not least, X-niversus! Congratulations to the finalists!" said Yuna. The band hi fived and hugged ech other. "Okay, the rules are the same. 3 songs you have to perform and you need to ask one of you're band members to do a solo performance. That's the catch. Okay good luck to you all," said Rikku and the gang celebrated.

"Come on guys. Lets go celebrate!" said Riku and they made their way out of the auditorium. They were really happy and they felt like they could party all night. "Hey, how about we go to the disco tonight?" asked Roxas. "Why?" asked Olette.

"Because I have the urge to dance all night,"

"You are so silly sometimes," said Namine. "But I love you anyway," The gang laughed and smiled at the happy couple. "Roxas's right though. Lets go to the disco. It'll be fun!" said Tidus. Everyone else nodded in agreement. "Okay, everyone meet up at the spot at 8 tonight and we'll go together," said Sora. They nodded and left their separate ways to get ready for their planned out night. It was gurantee fun and pure enjoyment. They all knew that and going out was a perfect way to relax their mind.

Especially Phoebe and Michelle. They needed relaxation after what they're going through. Michelle was having another headache again. Urgh, I've been having these headaches a lot lately. Maybe I should go and see a doctor or something. I hope its nothing serious. Hopefully, its just a sickness. Just a small little sickness…. But what Michelle didn't know was that her disease was gowing into something more worst. Something that could easily take her life away in mere seconds and she woudn't know it. It is that bad…..that bad…

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Well there ya go. Demyx is really acting like a bastard and sorry that there were no SoKai moments. Next chapter will be a very unforgetful, 'accidental' moments. So stay tuned and sorry but I couldn't fit in Namine's interview. I decided to do it in the next two chapters from now so keep you're eyes peeled. Oh and check out my oneshot and please review it. Its another SoKai. Please. Review, Review, REVIEW! Remember I love you're reviews and I'll repay them by giving you more chapters. So REVIEW!